Victorian Detective

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

I know you're all waiting breathlessly for the cover process step-by-step I promised, and though I am working on it, it's not done yet. So in the meantime here's another old concept painting I did that is either Sherlock Holmes or Simon Archard (or maybe a little bit of both) -


(click image to enlarge)

12 comments:

jokesterjmac said... / February 3, 2009 9:43 PM  

I love the rich colors in the background. very painterly

alan said... / February 4, 2009 4:59 AM  

Brilliant - perfect mood - really captures the literary pea-soupy London

Shane said... / February 4, 2009 11:01 AM  

Incredible! Such a moody shot. It certainly looks like a scene out of something much bigger!

Jay Boaz said... / February 4, 2009 3:17 PM  

I have to agree, the mood is absolutely phenomenal in this piece!

S.H.I.E.L.D boy said... / February 5, 2009 6:11 AM  

Mr. Epting, are you going to draw Captain America #50?

Lee Townsend said... / February 6, 2009 5:00 AM  

Lovely work Steve! was this done in oils?

Anthony Schiavino said... / February 6, 2009 8:55 AM  

I particularly like the atmosphere/fog that flows down the street. It's subtle but it's a big part of the mood.

Steve Epting said... / February 6, 2009 12:23 PM  

Thank you for the comments everyone.

Lee - this was done entirely in Photoshop 7

jokesterjmac said... / February 7, 2009 1:36 PM  

Steve, what size tablet do you use?

Franz' said... / February 9, 2009 5:49 AM  

Whouaouh! Amazing work! Atmosphere, colors. I link you on my blog if you agree!!

Amazing...^

Steve Epting said... / February 9, 2009 11:25 AM  

Jokesterjmac - It's a Wacom Intuos 6 x 8.

Franz' - Sure you can link - and thanks!

Tyler said... / February 20, 2009 4:21 PM  

I've always been curious how you can simulate paint brush strokes on photoshop

 
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